Calonico to conduct the upcoming BANDANCING Community Concert, 8pm Friday, March 13 at Ebenezer Lutheran Church, 678 Portola Dr ., San Francisco, CA.

Robert Calonico is the Director of Bands at the University of California, Berkeley, a position he has held since 1994. There his duties include directing and arranging for the Cal Marching Band and conducting the University Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band. Calonico programmed the Cal Band’s most recent recording, “University of California Band,” released in May of 2003. The University Wind Ensemble was invited to perform under his direction at the California Music Educator’s State Conference in March of 2000 and has shared the stage with their counterparts at CSU Fresno, UC Davis, Los Medanos College, Stanford University, University of the Pacific and the University of Tokyo.

Prior to his appointment at U.C. Berkeley, Mr. Calonico held faculty positions at Dominican College and Terra Linda High School in San Rafael, California. In 2007, Calonico was named the new Associate Conductor of the Danville Community Band, an 85-piece band performing in the East Bay since 2001

Mr. Calonico is a graduate of St Mary’s College High School in Berkeley and holds a B.A. in music from UC Berkeley. He earned his teaching credential and a M.A. in clarinet performance from California State University, Hayward. With thirty-five years of professional experience, he has performed with the Oakland East Bay Symphony, Oakland Ballet, California Symphony, Berkeley Symphony, Berkeley Repertory Theater, many San Francisco based Broadway show productions including Phantom of the Opera and West Side Story, Natalie Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, Maria Muldaur, James Brown, Tex Beneke and Harry James Orchestras among others. Mr. Calonico currently serves as Bay Section President for the California Music Educators Association.